Control of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis based on a neuromuscular model

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-173

  Eilenberg, Michael F ^a   Geyer, Hartmut ^b   Herr, Hugh ^c  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuromuscular model; Powered prosthesis; Prosthesis control; Terrain adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVENESS; ANGLE PROFILE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL SCHEMES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES; GAIT SPEED; NEUROMUSCULAR MODELS; POSITIVE FORCE FEEDBACKS; PROSTHESIS CONTROL; PROSTHETIC DEVICES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SINGLE PARAMETER; SLOPE ANGLES; TERRAIN ADAPTATION; TERRAIN SENSING; TERRAIN SURFACES; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTEES;

CONTROLLERS; LANDFORMS; MUSCLE;

PROSTHETICS;

ALGORITHM; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISABLED PERSON; FOOT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INNERVATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ALGORITHMS; AMPUTEES; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; DATA COLLECTION; FOOT; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REFLEX;

EID: 77951884139     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2009.2039620     Document Type: Article

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